{"id":996159,"date":"2026-05-31T10:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/996159\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T10:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:23:21","slug":"minecraft-movie-sequel-gets-official-title-new-cast-members-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/996159\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft Movie Sequel Gets Official Title, New Cast Members Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/minecraft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minecraft<\/a> Live at Twitchcon Rotterdam this weekend, new updates were shared about the upcoming sequel to the <strong>Minecraft Movie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The cast and production are now back on set, and it&#8217;s been confirmed the sequel is now officially titled <strong>A Minecraft Movie: Squared<\/strong>. Here&#8217;s a look at the official logo reveal:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Minecraft\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/14abcaa591d4c\/minecraft.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/minecraft.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Minecraft\"\/><\/a> Image: Mojang \/ Warner Bros.<\/p>\n<p>Next up are some new cast member introductions. After teasing Alex in the first movie, it&#8217;s now been revealed she will be played by the American actress Kirsten Dunst.<\/p>\n<p>One other person officially revealed was English actor Matt Berry, who appeared as a villager in the first movie.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Minecraft\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/157da22580798\/minecraft.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/minecraft.445x250.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Minecraft\"\/><\/a><a title=\"Minecraft\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e366e7acc3445\/minecraft.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780223001_282_minecraft.445x250.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Minecraft\"\/><\/a> Images: Mojang \/ Warner Bros.<\/p>\n<p>Mojang has announced an in-game &#8220;build challenge&#8221;, with the winning build appearing in the movie, or the end credits of the movie.<\/p>\n<p>All you need to do is build something on the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/en-us\/marketplace\/pdp\/minecraft\/minecraft-movie-build-challenge\/d7e509a7-1e46-491e-85ef-de4a4279310a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">movie build challenge map<\/a>. Mojang will then select the finalists, and the community will make the final decision. You can find out more details on <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/en-us\/article\/minecraft-movie-build-challenge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minecraft&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Minecraft Movie Squared will arrive in cinemas next year on <strong>23rd July 2027<\/strong>. What do you think of the title and cast update? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At Minecraft Live at Twitchcon Rotterdam this weekend, new updates were shared about the upcoming sequel to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":996160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,1081,3943,16,15],"class_list":["post-996159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-minecraft","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116668702649073329","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/996160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}